Gorakhpur: Meanwhile, state medical education minister Ashutosh Tandon, however, clarified to ANI that no deaths took place due to lack of oxygen supply, adding that seven people have died today. Gorakhpur: Meanwhile, state medical education minister Ashutosh Tandon, however, clarified to ANI that no deaths took place due to lack of oxygen supply, adding that seven people have died today. At least 30 children lost their lives due to encephalitis in last 48 hours at Gorakhpur’s BRD Hospital, reported news agency ANI. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s Lok Sabha constituency of Gorakhpur has seen at least 114 deaths due to Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) this year alone. AES is an umbrella classification under which comes the diseases Japanese Encephalitis (JE), water-borne encephalitis and scrub typhus, among others.

Source: Indian Express August 11, 2017 14:27 UTC